Anger Management: Understanding Anger
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The document outlines an anger management course schedule, covering various aspects of anger, its effects, and strategies for managing it. Key sessions include understanding anger, the costs and pay-offs, managing anger, and effective communication techniques. Participants will engage in activities like icebreakers and discussions to enhance their self-awareness and develop constructive methods for handling anger.
Anger Management: Understanding Anger
- 1. Anger Management: Understanding Anger
- 2. Agenda 8:30-8:45 Icebreaker: Bingo 8:45-9:00 Session One: Course Overview 9:00-9:30 Session Two: What is Anger? 9:30-10:15 Session Three: Costs and Pay-Offs 10:15-10:30 Break 10:30-11:45 Session Four: The Anger Process 11:45-12:00 Morning Wrap-Up 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:15 Energizer: In and Out 1:15-1:45 Session Five: How Does Anger Affect Our Thinking? 1:45-2:15 Session Six: Understanding Behavior Types 2:15-2:30 Break 2:30-3:30 Session Seven: Managing Anger 3:30-4:15 Session Eight: Communication Tips and Tricks 4:15-4:30 Workshop Wrap-Up
- 3. Session One: Course Overview • Recognize how anger affects your body, your mind, and your behavior. • Use the five-step method to break old patterns and replace them with a model for assertive anger. • Use an anger log to identify your hot buttons and triggers. • Control your own emotions when faced with other peoples’ anger. • Identify ways to help other people safely manage some of their repressed or expressed anger. • Communicate with others in a constructive, assertive manner. Learning Objectives
- 4. Session Two: What is Anger? • Anger is a universal experience. • We all get angry from time to time. • This course is not about teaching you to never become angry, or to hide your anger. • You can learn to control what you do about it. About Anger (I)
- 5. Session Two: What is Anger? • The most instinctive way to express anger is to respond aggressively. • Sometimes we resist saying what needs to be said because we do not want to upset the status quo. • However, without some degree of conflict, there may be no change or growth whatsoever, and that isn’t good either. • Self-awareness is a key element for managing your own anger. About Anger (II)
- 6. Session Two: What is Anger? The Five Dimensions of Anger About Anger (III)
- 7. Session Two: What is Anger? • Think of your own anger. • Can you identify the things that you normally think, feel, say, and do when you are angry? • How does the world look to you when you are angry? About Anger (IV)
- 8. Session Two: What is Anger? • How has anger affected my work relationships? • How has my anger, or someone else’s anger, affected the relationships in my family of origin? • How has anger affected my marriage or intimate relationships? • How has anger affected my children? Pre-Assignment Review (I)
- 9. Session Two: What is Anger? • How has anger affected my friendships? • How has my anger harmed people who aren’t family or friends? • How has my anger affected my health and physical well-being? • How has anger damaged me? • How has anger affected me financially? • How has anger affected me spiritually? Pre-Assignment Review (II)
- 10. Session Two: What is Anger? • What costs of anger did you identify? • What items did you put an asterisk by? • Is anyone willing to share their thoughts? Pre-Assignment Review (III)